Improvement in garden implements



\ UNITED STATES PATENT CEFIOE.

JOHN CHRISTY, OF OLYDE, OHIO, `AssIGfNOR OE ONE-HALEHIS RIGHT TO 'MILOHUNTER AND BYRON O. RRIGHAM, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN GARDEN IMPLEMENTS.

LSpecilication forming part of Letters Patent'No. [GAS-,2311, datedSeptember 28, 1875; application filed A July 10, 1875.

' of a plan view of my garden implement. Fig. 2 is a front View Ot' thesame, and Fig. 31s a longitudinal vertical sectional view thereof.

This invention has relation to hand implements for cultivating youngplants, eradicating weeds, and harrowing the surface-soil; and thenature rot' my invention consists in combining with a double-edgedhoe aharrowing-fork, which is hinged to the sides of thehoe, and soconstructed thatwhile drawing the implement backward' the tines of thisfork will operate as a rake and also as a harrow, as will be hereinafterexplained.

In the annexed drawings, A designates a bow-frame, which is preferablymade ot two pieces of strap-iron, bent so as to leave a tang,

a, and two bearings for the axle of `a wheel, B. This frame A is rigidlysecured by its tang Vinto a handle, C, which may be made like awell-known hoe-handle. Ddesignates the hoe or cutter, which is a narrowstrip of steel, sharpened on its front and rear edges, and bent so thatit forms two' right angles, the ver-V tical cutting portions b I) ot'which are rigidly secured in any suitable manner to the bowed parts offrame A at the junction of these parts with the straight parts, as shownin- Fig. 3. Gr designates a rake, consisting of a head, c, and tines d.The angular ends of the head c are pivoted to the vertical portions b bof the hoe D, near the attachments of these portions to the frame A, sothat the tines d, which are rigidly secured to this head, are free toswing backward when the hoe is thrust forward. When the hoe is movedback the rake-head bears against the portions b b ot' the hoe, and`gathers the weeds and trash.'

It will be observed, by reference to the drawings, that the tinesot therake are extended down beneath the transverse portion ot' the hoe, sothat in the act of raking the points of the tines will harrow andpulverize the soil at the same time that the cutter or hoe loosens it.The center wheel VBa'ords a rolling support for the hoe and rake, andwill allow the 4same to lbe run as close as desired to the plantswithout injuring them.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination, with the double-edged hoe D, secured rigidly to theframe A, the pivoted rake G, the tines of which are extended below thehorizontalportion ot' the hoe, substantial-

